Churn



(No Model.)

J. MQGLURE.

OHURN.

Patented Apr. 28

UNITED STATES PATTNT Trina.

JOHN MOOLURE, OF INDIAN GROVE, MISSOURI.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,557, dated April 28, 1885.

Application filed July 12, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MoOLURE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Indian Grove, in the county of Ghariton and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Churn, of which the following is a specifica' tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to churns, and its object is to produce a churn that shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, and effective in operation; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of the ch urndasher removed, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the churn-body, which has vertical sides and ends of wood or other suitable material, and a concave bottom of galvanized sheet metal.

To the outside ofthe sides ofthe churn-body, at their middles, are secured two standards, B B, having bearings in their upper ends, in which are removably secured the journals of a transverse shaft, 0, having collars D near each end. Upon this shaft 0 are secured two levers, E E, connected at their ends by cross-bars F E, which form the handles by which the levers are operated.

u The churn-dasher G consists of four strips of wood or metal secured together in pairs to form two Xs. The upper arms of the Xs are fastened to the inner faces of the two levers E E, one X to each lever, the arms being upon opposite sides of the transverse shaft 0. To the lower arms of the Xs are secured from twelve to sixteen transverse slats, HH. These slats are rectangular in cross-section. The

slats H are secured to the outer edges of the arms I of the )(-shaped ends of the dasherframe, and the slats H are secured to the inner or adjacent edges of said arms I, but are placed in lower planes than the slats H, the upper edges of the slats H being about in the planes of the lower edges of the slats H. The lower ends of the arms [are rounded off, so that they will not interfere with the concave bottom of the churn-body.

By this construction ofdasher I have churned good, solid, yellow butter in tive minutes time with perfect ease.

The lid of the churn is made in two parts, and is provided with slots J J, in which the X- shaped ends of the dasher are reciprocated when the churn is operated. The churn-body is supported on suitable legs, preferably secured to the corners, but which are not shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a churn, the combination, with the standards B B and the transverse shaft having bearings therein, of the levers E E, connected at their ends by cross-bars, and the dasher consisting of the X-shaped en'd pieces secured at their upper ends to the levers E E, and connected at their lower arms by the transverse slats H H, as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the churn-body having the concave bottom and the standards B B, of the dasher having the )(-shaped end pieces, the transverse rectangular slats H H, secured to their lower arms, and the shaft 0 and levers E E, connected at their ends by Crossbars, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MOOLURE.

Witnesses:

A. O. ENGEART, B. F. CRAWLEY. 

